Learning activities

Effective question strategies capture students' attention, foster student involvement, and facilitate a positive, active learning environment

Classroom participation is a feature of many course designs

As long as class sizes continue to increase, it is likely that lecturing will be a dominant teaching method in university class rooms

Both asking and answering questions are important parts of effective learning and teaching.

Questions are the simplest form of interactive teaching tool, particularly in large classes, and are useful in any discipline.

Online outliners such as WorkFlowy allow you to create lists with an infinite number of hierarchical levels: items, sub items, sub sub items, and so on

A three-way game of rock-paper-scissorsAudio version of "Group decision making" tip sheet (MP3)

For groups to function effectively, it's important for students to think critically about the climate within their group and the process by which they accomplish their tasks. Although students can gain many of the skills described below through ad hoc interactions, instructors play a key role in making them explicit protocols.

Working in groups can be both rewarding and challenging. 

Many instructors in engineering, math and science have students solve “problems”